Will automation, AI and robotics mean a jobless future, or will their productivity free us to innovate and explore? Is the impact of new technologies to be feared, or a chance to rethink the structure of our working lives and ensure a fairer future for all?

The long-sought dream of wearable and mobile devices that will interpret, replicate and influence people’s emotions and perceptions will soon be a reality thanks to a collaboration between the University and Nokia Bell Labs.

The UK’s fastest academic supercomputer, based at the University of Cambridge, will be made available to artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies from across the UK, in support of the government’s industrial strategy.

Powerful AI needs to be reliably aligned with human values. Does this mean that AI will eventually have to police those values? Cambridge philosophers Huw Price and Karina Vold consider the trade-off between safety and autonomy in the era of superintelligence.

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Artificial intelligence

AI systems are used in everything from detecting fraud to predicting which movies we might enjoy. In the future, they may help solve some of the greatest challenges we face. Like all transformative advances, they need to be carefully planned for on a societal level.

What we've seen of AI so far is only the leading edge of the evolution to come. Interdisciplinary research in Cambridge is helping to drive this evolution - and to prepare for it

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